# 119-hr-4743: CAP Act of 2025

119-hr-4743, CAP Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI); status introduced (as of 2026-07-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4743
- As of: 2026-07-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4743
- Congress: 119
- Title: CAP Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Removes numerical limits on employees of institutions of higher education.** This bill would repeal Section 214(g)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, eliminating the specific statutory cap that applied to employees of colleges and universities and changing how those numerical limits apply to higher education hiring.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] (R-GA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No visa cap for foreign academics: benefit, low. This bill would repeal a rule that set a numerical visa cap for employees of colleges and universities. If enacted, foreign professors, researchers, and other academic staff would no longer face that cap. Colleges and universities could sponsor more foreign academic hires. The change would take eff…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-3228: Constitutional Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4743 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4743)

## Related
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-3228: Constitutional Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3228)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4743 (as of 2026-07-19).